Too good not to post

OK, I was going to stick to the whole PW thing, right? But this is just too much:

What we’re having for dinner.

I am in class 4 nights/week, so I rarely eat dinner at home. This means DB generally eats spaghetti by himself (I hate long stringy noodles – it works out perfectly). Anyway, he had to go to the store last night to get some groceries (I guess we were out of spaghetti. This is not my area of expertise. Did I mention how much I hate long stringy noodles? We have tons of penne. That’s all you really need, right?)

Anyway, I called him this afternoon to find out what he wants for dinner tonight, since I don’t have class and I am busily avoiding a paper now. (I have a week to write said paper. PLENTY of time.) He said, “Waffles.” And I said, “We don’t have waffles.” And he said, “Yes, we do! I bought some yesterday! I bought a can of waffles!”

WTH?

Yes, seriously. I looked in the fridge, and what I thought was whipped cream was definitely not. He bought a CAN – like whipped cream in a can – of ORGANIC fake batter.

On so many levels, this boggles the mind.

So that’s what’s for dinner. The organic Betty Crocker Spam. He said, “I just thought the name was cool.”

Yep. That’s how we select our foods: By their alarmingly catchy names.

Has anyone heard of this?!? Has anyone tried it? I’ll let you know how it goes.

P.S. In case you are wondering how this might fit into seasonal eating? It doesn’t. At all. In fact, it is antithetical to the whole concept of eating seasonally. Yeppers, that’s us. Being all consistent.

And in case you are wondering, we are totally FAILED seasonal eating people. Um, this is really hard.

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5 comments

That is one of the weirdest things I have ever heard. Who knew when our taxes began to pay $98 for a hammer for NASA that we would benefit from their crazy space food. Honestly, who else would need waffles from a can?

ok meant to post about the seasonal eating thing–I love to cook (no time to now though) and read cookbooks and cooking magazines for fun, and my dh is a great cook (part of hotel school) so if you get stuck with some random produce post a picture and I will try to help. That kingsolver book is on my list of books to read.

So um, waffles from a can? I am not ptimistic. But I sure hope for you it turned out yummy!

We bought that stuff a few months ago when it first came out. I was sold on the concept of batter in a can – yes, great criteria! And also I hate making waffles so I thought maybe this would be a compromise? Turns out – this stuff is awful. At least we thought so. It was really not great. So no more overpriced waffles in a can for us. I’m disappointed. Hope you have better luck!

LOL! My husband and I were grocery shopping just yesterday and saw this for the first time. Here’s our conversation:
Me – “Who in the world is so lazy they buy their batter in a can?”
DH – “Hey – some people buy the pancakes already made and frozen, you know. That’s worse.”
Me – “True.”
NOT saying you’re lazy. The ONLY reason we eat waffles and pancakes from scratch is because my HUSBAND makes them. If it were up to me, it’d be cold cereal every morning. I just can’t believe the crazy products those marketing people come up with. I think it’s super funny that you bought some. Please share the results!